thePlatform creates universal video player service

thePlatform, the white-label video publishing company, has unveiled an enhanced video Player Service has placed HTML5 at the forefront of its efforts.

thePlatform’s enhanced Player Service provides a simple to use console. thePlatform’s Player Service will now default to HTML5 players to render video quickly, but seamlessly switch to Flash if needed, allowing consistent playback on websites, iOS devices, Android devices, Windows 8 devices, and more. By leading with HTML5, customers can experience faster load times for video playback, and lower development costs. Unlike other market alternatives, there is also no need for companies to manage duplicate systems for individual players, since thePlatform’s mpx publishing system automatically associates all the metadata and business policies for each video across both HTML5 and Flash players.

“We’ve always supported HTML5, but the technology has matured over the past 18 months, and it’s now ready for primetime,” said Marty Roberts, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, thePlatform. “Companies are being swamped by the combination of devices and browsers needed to ensure their videos render well on their customers’ device of choice. Our new Player Service alleviates that challenge in an incredibly simple and cost-efficient way. HTML5 has become the lead technology that we recommend to our customers for publishing video across devices, and it has replaced Flash as the default setting in our mpx Player Service.”